full-disclosure - Re: Windows is 100% self-modifying assembly code?(Interesting security theory)

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Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:01:18 +0100
From: Christian Sciberras <uuf6429@...il.com>
To: John Horn <John.Horn@...sonaz.gov>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Windows is 100% self-modifying assembly
 code?(Interesting security theory)

Or the worst kind of trolling to have ever walked these newsgroups....




On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 4:10 PM, John Horn <John.Horn@...sonaz.gov> wrote:

>  Is this a joke?
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> 8CD662233C10C95-230C-4704@...-mmc-m02.sysops.aol.com>, John Jester Wilham
> Patrick III <watermonk@...out.com> wrote:
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>   From Andrew Auernheimer's Diary / irc memories:
>
> Windows is written in pure, self-modifying assembly code. Notice how you
> can install 15 gigs of data from a single Windows install DVD, which can
> only hold 5 gigs? This is because the code is dynamically generated to
> minimize attack vectors. Any attempt to observe the static files on the disk
> will change how it looks in runtime. This is also why Windows needs to be
> updated so often, so the running code never looks like it did before.
>
> Does this sound true to you guys? Windows does seem to have updates that
> take forever and speed wise it always felt there was something going
> on.  Whenever I leave my laptop alone, even when it's offline, indexing off,
> the computer is always working on stuff and you new know what it is.
>
> Maybe all applications with Windows compile on runtime for dynamic
> binaries, yet through .net's open, user-friendly API are still compatible?
>
> Balmer said he wanted to make Vista and 7 an OS that would not slow down
> after usage, but instead speed up. Windows is constantly reprogramming
> itself to suit the behavior of it's users and performing security and
> performance auditing.
>
> This is likely true - Think about it:
>
> All viruses are just malicious scripts. It's like saying *nix is insecure
> because script kiddies compile binaries and bash scripts that rm /.
>
> No one ever has ever had an attack vector against Windows 7 or Vista.
> Please confirm.
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